Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis did just well enough in Iowa to keep his presidential campaign going, the poor guy. Whereas a distant third-place finish could’ve sent him packing to Florida, his distant second-place finish gives him an excuse to keep running on fumes through South Carolina.

But what’s the strategy, besides running for running’s sake?

We do at least know what Nikki Haley’s path looks like. To keep things going, she would have to win New Hampshire, a state well-suited to her strengths, translate that into a victory in her home state of South Carolina, and ride that energy into Super Tuesday. While this has an exceptionally low likelihood of working, it is a comprehensible linear progression.

DeSantis doesn’t have much of a strategy, but he does have an idea of what he’d like to........

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